Cuff-button



(No Model.)

L. H. THOMAS. 01m BUTTON.

No. 243,996. Patented July 5. 1881.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI H. THOMAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,996, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed January 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEVI H. THOMAS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Buttons and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the sleeve and cuff button for which Letters Patent No. 233,299 were granted to me October 12, 1880 and it consists in the construction of parts whereby the button is securely held in place without the intervention of a griping-lug, as shown in said patent, while it is prevented from turning in the button-hole by a locking-lug, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of the button; Fig. 2, a plan of same; Fig. 3, an elevation of the button applied to a cuff or sleeve, the same being in section; Fig.

- 4, a plan of a modification Fig. 5, a plan and elevation of a modification.

A represents the head of the button, which may be made of metal, ivory, or other suitable material. At the center of the head A rises the shank B, made in one piece, or not, with the head, as desired, and terminating in a shoe, G, bent atright angles, or nearly so, to the shank, and extending beyond the shank at one side. This shoe I make, preferably, of the oval shape shown in Figs. 1 and 2; butit may be a flat straight bar, as shown in Fig. 4, or a round plate, as in Fig. 5. A continuation of the shank B on its side opposite to the shoe 0 forms a lug, D, or a locking-projection on the head A. This lug extends at right angles to the shoe 0, and is made in the shape shown in Figs. 1 and 3, higher at its outer end than where it meets the shank, and tapering or wedge-shaped from the shank to its outer ex- .tremity, as seen in Fig. 1. The shoe 0 is not located centrally with the shank B, but lies on one side of it, out of the way of the lug D, which extends on the other side of the shank.

The lug D, as in Fig. 5, may be a separate projection on the head A, and not connected with or attached to the shank, as such a lug, in connection with the one-sided shoe, would accomplish a similar purpose-as it it were a continuation of the shank.

By my arrangement of the shoe on one side of the shank it is more easily inserted in the but ton-hole, and also has a greater holdingsurface on the cuft'or sleeve than if placed centrally on the shank. The shoe is passed through the button-holes, and the button turned a quarterrevolution to bring the'locking-lug D in line with the button-holes. The lug is now pressed into the button-holes, when its higher portion, projecting entirely through the end, as shown, securely looks or prevents rotation of the but ton in the sleeve or cuff, and keeps the shoe at right angles with the button-holes, thus preventing the button from unbuttoning and being lost.

To release the button from the cult", it is only necessary to draw the lug D out of the buttonholes by moving the head, as indicated by the arrow in Fig.3,and turning the button a quarter-revolution, when the shoe easily slips out of the cuff or sleeve.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sleeve or cuff button composed of a head, A, central shank, B, shoe 0, attached to the free end of said shank and extending on one side at, or nearly at,a right angle thereto, and a locking-lug, D, attached to the head and extending from the foot of the shank 011 the side opposite to the shoe and at a right angle therewith, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI H. THOMAS. 

